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A new report claims that palm oil executives in PNG have bribed officials, paid police to brutalize villagers, used child labor, and participated in an apparent tax evasion scheme.

LONDON — Global Witness, the high-profile investigative NGO, stands accused of failing to protect people who risk their lives to help expose injustice and corruption, following the murder of one of its sources in Afghanistan. The source was kidnapped and killed by militants linked to the Islamic State in Afghanistan after his identity was compromised by the charity, which has built an international reputation for holding governments and corporations to account for more than 25 years. The kill...

Advocacy/Communications Job in UK about Climate Change and Environment, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from GW; closing on 13 Jun 2021

13 Jun 2021 About us Global Witness wants a more sustainable, just and equal planet. We want climate-critical forests and biodiversity to thrive and fossil fuels to stay in the ground. We want corporations to respect the planet and human rights, governments to protect and listen to their citizens, and the online world to be free from misinformation and hate. Global Witness is looking for a senior investigator to play an essential part in achieving our goal to stop the abuse of power by corpora...

Leaked TEN-E proposals a cause for concern

Two major US commodity traders – ADM and Bunge – are failing to ensure that the hundreds of Indonesian palm oil mills they source from in Indonesia are free from abuse against land and environmental defenders.

Two major US commodity traders are failing to ensure their palm oil sources are free from abuse against land and environmental defenders in Indonesia.

Global Witness investigation exposes how two US agribusiness giants – ADM and Bunge – source from Indonesian palm oil mills linked publicly to human rights abuses and land grabs. December 10, 2020: Nearly 40% of a sample of Indonesian palm oil mills supplying two of the world’s largest commodity traders – ADM and Bunge – are publicly linked to land, environmental and human rights abuses. In a new report Trading Risks: How ADM & Bunge are failing Land & Environmental Defenders in In...